I’ve been thinking about keeping warm and making a hot water bottle cover. When I found some black wool bouclé in my stash I thought I had hit the jackpot. It looked good too. I carefully modelled it on my daughter’s hot water bottle (hottie) just to be sure.However, did you know that hotties come in slightly different sizes? I didn’t until I...

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It’s been a big week in our house. My dearest bundled our little ones into the car each morning, Miss H started daycare, Little E saw a bit more daycare and I returned to work.There were lists of things to do before the return to work. Some of them were more fanciful than others. I must have completed the important tasks, because we...

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Check out these button beauties. I received them from Lorna as part of the button swap. One day they might find their way on to a kid’s jacket or some hair ties but for now I’m happy to just admire them on the card. Check out these button beauties. I received them from Lorna as part of the button swap. One day they...

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I had the pleasure of meeting Abi from Home Heart Happiness today. It was such a surprise. There was an email late last night saying she was likely to be in town, and before I knew it we were sharing coffee and babbling away. It was great fun and so nice when you get on just as well in real life as you...

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In the interests of starting small, I singed up for a button swap over at Feeling Stitchy. These little daisies found themselves on their way to Lorna at CraftyMess. They are more of a play with colour than a technical masterpiece. Can you tell what my favourite colours are at the moment? ...

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It started with a small flirtation. The Jenny Hart book winked at me in the library. Embroidered Effects came home with me and there was no turning back.The pages lured me with their candy colours and simple instructions. Before I knew it, I was working on a sampler. The Librarians felt my pain when someone else reserved it and I couldn’t renew it...

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It has taken me a long time to admit, but summer really is over. The clocks went back today, the firewood is stacked and I might even have my first cold of the season. Before I snuggle down for hibernation, I’m taking a look back at the best parts of the summer just gone.There was a touch of knitting. There was foraging for...

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